New Google Maps Takes Aim at Foursquare, Yelp
The tech giant said Wednesday that it is in the early stages of rolling out the new version of Google Maps, which it unveiled at Google I/O in May. In addition to an improved interface, the app has some built-in features that could pose a threat to Yelp and Foursquare….
Twitter finally hands over details of accounts used to post racist tweets
Twitter confirmed on Friday that it had finally decided to give French authorities the details of accounts used last year to post racist and anti-Semitic tweets. Back in October, the anti-Semitic hashtag #UnBonJuif (a good Jew) had made its way onto Twitter’s list of trending topics in France. The Association…
Foursquare and MoMA team up for a NYC scavenger hunt
The Museum of Modern Art currently has exhibitions for Henri Labrouste and Le Corbusier, two architects that had a huge influence on global architecture. Exciting stuff right? But MoMA is doing something unique, something that has probably never been done before with social media. MoMA has partnered up with Foursquare…
BlackBerry Z10 prices come crashing down to as low as $49
The BlackBerry Z10 is now selling for $99 at AT&T and Verizon, while Amazon is selling it at $49. The price drop is aimed at breathing life into sales for the Canadian company, which lost $84 million in the most recent quarter. “Now is the right time to adjust the price,”…
Instapaper creator Marco Arment launches Bugshot, a Skitch rival for …
Marco Arment, best known as the creator of Instapaper, has today launched a new iOS app called Bugshot. Aimed at developers, beta testers and pedants alike, the app allows you to mark up screenshots of iOS apps with arrows and boxes in order to quickly highlight typos, design flaws and…
Disbelief, relief: Twitter erupts after Zimmerman verdict
(CNN) — Twitter erupted with responses after George Zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. African-American actress and model Gabrielle Union tweeted immediately, saddened by the news: How do we explain this to children? Keep reading… Read also: Zimmerman, Martin Families React on Twitter (ABC News) Trayvon Martin shooting: Teen threatens 'mass […]
This Week’s Best HDTV Deals
It’s the middle of the July and the TV makers continue to add dealer incentives in the form of instant rebates to offer the lowest prices of the year on a number of large screen HDTVs. The week’s sale TVs are from Samsung, LG, Panasonic, Sharp, Toshiba and Sony, with…
MSI Wind U160 netbook review
MSI is developing itself a proud history of netbook computers, but whilst the Taiwanese manufacturer’s original 2008 foray – the Wind U100 – took the concept of cheap and cheerful all too literally, its 2010 successors hope to introduce an added sense of sophistication. Take for example the MSI Wind U160, a…
Twitter Yields to Pressure in Hate Case in France
Twitter, which has assiduously branded itself as an advocate of free speech, has agreed to identify several users who posted anti-Semitic comments on its service, and whom French authorities are seeking to prosecute for violating that country’s anti-hate laws. The case shows how challenging it is for Silicon Valley companies…
Budget iPhone Echoes Ive’s First Eye Candy, The Original iMac
Plastic scraps of brightly-colored plastic buttons from a Chinese factory floor corroborate rumors of the look of the purported “Budget iPhone.” Designer Martin Hajek, famous for beautifully detailed renderings of mythological Apple Apple products has produced the representations above. It is notable that the candy colors of iOS 7, which And…
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